Woodbury Reports, Inc.
Bonners Ferry, Idaho

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CEP Standards: The Focus Of
NATSAP Panel On Standards And Ethics

How "Ethics and High Standards Are Good for Schools and Programs for Struggling Teens" is the topic of a panel, at the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, January 30, 2009. Chaired by Lon Woodbury, a Certified Educational Planner (CEP) and a commissioner of the American Institute of Certified Educational Planners (AICEP), he will be joined by fellow commissioners Patti Murphy, RN MPA, CEP of Maryland and Steven R. Antonoff, Ph.D. CEP of Colorado.

Titled: "Ethics and Standards: Good for Business," the discussion will focus on how a school or program improves its reputation and thus its competitive advantage when it surrounds itself with credentialed, well-trained and experienced professionals in general, including referral sources.

"When a school or program works with an educational consultant who has qualified for the Certified Educational Planner (CEP) designation," Woodbury said, "that school or program has bragging rights to their parents and prospective parents that they have emphasized quality even to the extent of preferring to work with educational consultants who have been evaluated by their professional peers of having the highest standards and ethics."

How the AICEP evaluates who deserves the CEP designation will be explained by Steven R. Antonoff Ph.D., who was one of the earliest founders of the Certification organization.

"To earn the CEP designation, a candidate must show proof of extensive experience and positive recommendations from colleagues," Antonoff explains, "as well as extensive professional knowledge and institutional knowledge that is above that of the average educational consultant."

For more information, contact Woodbury Reports, at 208-267-5550, lon@woodbury.com, an Educational Consulting practice helping to empower parents by providing extensive, network information on their web site www.strugglingteens.com and in their newsletter "Places for Struggling Teens"; in addition to a "pre-screened" Directory of those schools and programs with the best reputations among professional educational consultants, and personal consultations by experienced educational consultants.